A survey of the essentials of finance and its environment. Financial management as it applies to organizations, ratio analysis, leverage, working capital management, capital budgeting, capital structure, and other concepts as they apply to business organizations. Course satisfies program prerequisite of finance for master's degree programs.

Not required

Entrance Competencies

The student should be able to:

1) Understand and apply the Balance Sheet Model of the firm and the basics of accounting.
2) Understand how accounting transactions impact the financial statements of the firm.
3) Understand basic statistical concepts such as mean, median, variance, standard deviation, correlation, and, apply basic probability models to conditions of uncertainty.
4) Understand how the macroeconomy impacts firm behavior and managerial actions.
5) Access course materials online.
6) Search for information on the World Wide Web.

Exit Competencies

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

1) Construct and analyze the financial statements of corporations.
2) Calculate and interpret financial statistics acquired through analysis or from financial sources.
3) Conduct basic financial analysis such as ratio and trend analyses.
4) Calculate present values, future values, and/or required returns from a series of cash flows.
5) Construct and interpret discounted cash flow models used to value assets.
6) Understand and employ basic working capital management models.
7) Discuss the goal of the firm and agency relationships and how these concepts apply to the financial decision making process.

1. Required Materials


1. Textbooks

Essentials of Corporate Finance - 6.Edition - 2008
Stephen A. Ross
McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780073405131



APA Manual
Effective October 1^st 2009, the 6th edition of the APA Manual is required for all courses.

NSU Bookstore
Textbooks and Case Studies may be purchased from the NSU Bookstore (located in the University Park Plaza) by calling 1-800-509-2665 or online at http://www.nsubooks.bkstore.com.



2. Recommended Materials

Textbook Website
http://www.mhhe.com/business/finance/rwj

Wall Street Journal and/or Financial Times
Economist

The NSU libraries comprise the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center, East Campus Branch Library, Health Professions Division Library, Law Library and Technology Center, North Miami Beach Branch Library, University School Library Media Centers, and the William S. Richardson Ocean Science Library. Students are strongly encouraged to visit one of the physical locations and/or take advantage of the vast electronic library available for research. For more information, please visit http://www.nova.edu/library.

Please note that all required and recommended materials should be referenced in APA style.